Do you have any investing channels you follow on YouTube?

Malthusian · 20 September 2022 at 1:46PM

Exodi said:

EDIT: as an example to what I mean, this creator has 4 million subscribers, check the titles of his videos...

https://www.youtube.com/c/GrahamStephan/videos

The cover shots (which follow the seemingly mandatory YouTube convention of making the most gormless face possible at the camera next to some GIANT LETTERS) are enough to put me off before I even read the title. (Seven Simple Tricks to RETIRE BEFORE YOU ARE EVEN BORN??!⸮!!?¡!?!!)

Malthusian · 20 September 2022 at 2:00PM

B0bbyEwing said:
But for me I see it as a necessity. Now whoever is teaching me can go 1 of 2 ways....

They can make it real easy to understand. Tell me jargon but then say don't worry about it, that only means this. They can be straight to the point.

OR, they can waffle forever & a day, think they're impressing me with all these big words & metaphors & they may as well have just spoken/typed in Chinese for what good it did.

The ultimate test of whether someone understands something is whether they can explain it to someone with a lower level of knowledge. If you fully understand something you can easily simplify it, like drawing directions on the back of a napkin for an area you know well. If you don't fully understand something then creating a simplified model becomes extremely difficult, because the gaps in your knowledge become magnified and thrown into sharp relief. (Is it the third right or the second? Uh-oh, not sure, better doodle a load of irrelevant detail so that it simulates what a detailed map should look like, and I can blame them if they take the wrong turn.)
No such thing as bad student, only bad teacher.

Exodi · 20 September 2022 at 2:49PM

Malthusian said:
(Seven Simple Tricks to RETIRE BEFORE YOU ARE EVEN BORN??!⸮!!?¡!?!!)

HAHA, this genuinely made me laugh in person, thanks!

HCIMbtw · 20 September 2022 at 3:34PM

Malthusian said:

Exodi said:

EDIT: as an example to what I mean, this creator has 4 million subscribers, check the titles of his videos...

https://www.youtube.com/c/GrahamStephan/videos

The cover shots (which follow the seemingly mandatory YouTube convention of making the most gormless face possible at the camera next to some GIANT LETTERS) are enough to put me off before I even read the title. (Seven Simple Tricks to RETIRE BEFORE YOU ARE EVEN BORN??!⸮!!?¡!?!!)

Actually made me laugh a good bit as well, this is clickbait headline I want!

B0bbyEwing · 20 September 2022 at 5:23PM

Malthusian said:

the seemingly mandatory YouTube convention of making the most gormless face possible at the camera next to some GIANT LETTERS)

Honestly, don't even get me started! One of my biggest gripes on YouTube.

Not to mention those annoying videos coming up in my feed ... "Joe Bloggs reacts to......."
Why do I want to see someone reacting to a music video? Over the top rocking around in the chair with exaggerated mouth.

Makes me want to smash my screen.

eskbanker · 20 September 2022 at 5:52PM

Exodi said:
To be a successful content creator, you have to churn out videos every week to stay relevant. Due to this, you very commonly see gross overexaggeration of relatively minor events - e.g. "S&P DOWN, IS THIS THE END OF INVESTING?"

Unfortunately this is a symptom of success as a finance content creater.

....or a symptom of an MSE forum member desperate for gloomy predictions to come true, and gleefully (but selectively) seizing on movements that fit that narrative!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6373283/how-much-longer-will-this-bear-market-go-on-for

Rudyson · 20 September 2022 at 6:15PM

B0bbyEwing said:

Malthusian said:

the seemingly mandatory YouTube convention of making the most gormless face possible at the camera next to some GIANT LETTERS)

Why do I want to see someone reacting to a music video? Over the top rocking around in the chair with exaggerated mouth.

Makes me want to smash my screen.

I'm glad I'm not the only one

Rich1976 · 20 September 2022 at 7:03PM

Meaningful Money, Mama Furfur and some of the Humble Penny I enjoy and have learnt a lot over the years. I used to like some of Money unshackled until they started looking down their noses at ‘wage slaves’.

The ones I don’t like are the ones that show their Vanguard Portfolios every month as generally these appear to be high earners and don’t resonate with me.

noclaf · 21 September 2022 at 12:22AM

Quite a few of the channels I follow already mentioned, in no particular order:
Meaningful Money

Pensioncraft

James Shack

Mama Furfur
Humble Penny

Rob Berger

Chris Bourne

I don't have a 'favourite' channel, all the above are decent in their own way (IMO) however for easy to digest content and style of delivery, the one I recommend to family membersnew to investing/pensions is Pete Matthews Meaningful Money. For more in-depth technical analysis and understanding of financial instruments/products/asset classes it's has to be Ramin's Pensioncraft.

Rob Berger is skewed to US viewers but I like his format/style of delivery and ultimately the principles that underpin investing are still similar both sides of the Atlantic.